Re: Bug in the i18n pt_BR file

[Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom@ascii.art.br>]

Hi João,

João Pinto <jo.pinto08@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi, I'm João Pinto from Brazil and I'd like to report a bug in the
> i18n pt_BR locale file. The capitalizations on the months and the week
> days were wrong, so I fixed them in the file that I'm sending annexed
> to this email. If you guys were so nice to replace the current file
> with my corrections I'd be very grateful.

Would you have a reference on why they have to be capitalized?

> LC_TIME
> abday   "Dom";"Seg";/
>     "Ter";"Qua";/
>     "Qui";"Sex";/
>     "S<U00E1>b"
> day     "Domingo";/
>     "Segunda";/
>     "Ter<U00E7>a";/
>     "Quarta";/
>     "Quinta";/
>     "Sexta";/
>     "S<U00E1>bado"

I could not find a reference for week days.

> abmon   "Jan";"Fev";/
>     "Mar";"Abr";/
>     "Mai";"Jun";/
>     "Jul";"Ago";/
>     "Set";"Out";/
>     "Nov";"Dez"
> mon     "Janeiro";/
>     "Fevereiro";/
>     "Mar<U00E7>o";/
>     "Abril";/
>     "Maio";/
>     "Junho";/
>     "Julho";/
>     "Agosto";/
>     "Setembro";/
>     "Outubro";/
>     "Novembro";/
>     "Dezembro"

ABNT in its standard NBR 6023:2002 indicates that months should be always used
in lower case, regardless if they're abbreviated or not.
See Annex A (Abreviatura dos meses).

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Tulio Magno